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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Canastero (Male Basket Carrier) Effigy
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Canastero (Male Basket Carrier) Effigy

Place CreatedColombia, South America
CultureCalima (Ilama)
Dateca. 1000 BCE-1 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Dimensions4 5/8 x 3 x 3 in. (11.7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Object number1992.015.044
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 178, figure 419.
ProvenanceEx coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States, acquired ca. 1960-1985.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas